Bicycle-lock



(No Model.)

W. REEHLING. BICYCLE LOCK.

No. 598,113. Patented Feb. l, 1898.

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SPECIFICATION iorming part of Letters :Patent No. 598,113, datedFebruary 1, 1898. `Application filed September 9,1896. Serial No.605,278. (No model.)

To @Zd whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM REEHLING, a citizen of the United States,residing at Fort ,Vayne, in the countyof Allen and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle-Locks; andIdo declaro the following to be afull, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the.accompany/*ing drawing, and to the iigures of reference markedthereomwhich forms a part of this speciiication.

My invention relates to improvements in bicycle-locks which by lockingsome portion of the movable parts oi" the bicycle prevent its use untilunlocked; and the invention consiste in the construction and novelcombination of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appendedclaim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which the gure isa sectional view of the entire device attached to part of the tubularframe of a bicycle.

The invention consists in making the central part of the crank-axle inline with the seat-post of three or more sides, preferably hexagonal, asshown in the drawing, providing a locking-piece to impin ge against twoor more of said sides, and means to hold them in such impingement byconnection with a suitable lock, and means to attach the lock to atubular part of the frame from the inside of the tube and to close theorifices through which such means are operated automatically by themovement of the bolt of the lock. r

I have illustrated a preferable form of carrying out this invention.

The locking-piece 3 is attached to rod 5, which connects it with thelock 6, by means of a pin 7 passing through an oriiice 8 in the bolt ofthe lock. The upper end of the rod 5, to which is attached the pin 7, isheld in place by a sliding frame 9, which forms the upper guide. Itconsists of two cylindrical portions 10 and 11, connected at theirbottom with a bar 12, so as to hold and guide the rod, so that the pin 7is moved backward and forward by the bolt of the lock 6 through a slot13, provided in the tubular seat-post 15. The lock is secured to theframe by screws 16, which are inserted through the orifices 17, the thebar 12 of the sliding frame 9 when the two orices 17 and 1S arecoincident with each other. This coincidence occurs when the frame 9 ismoved upi ward by the lock 6, and the orifices 17 in the post 15 areclosed when the frame 9 is moved downward with the bolt S of the lock Gto lock the crank-axle as described. At the lower end of the post thereis another guide for the connecting-rod 5, which consists of a circulardisk 14, secured inside a tube, and having an orifice at one side,through which the rod 5 passes,whereby it forms a guide to direct thelocking-piece into position. Thus constructed all the operating partsexcept the lock 6 are within one of the tube parts of the frame.

The mode of operation is obviousfrom. the drawing and description.

I have shown a combination-lock; but any suitable lock may be used, andone could be adapted to be placed inside the tube part 13. The functionof the lock 6 is to in g-piece in or out of position by means ofcommunicating mechanism. It is obvious that different sorts of guidesmaybe used instead of the frame 9 and disk 14, performing the samefunctions. lWhen the bolt is turned backward, the locking-piece islifted out of connection with the crank-axle, which can then movefreely. Then the bolt is thrown forward, the locking-piece is throwninto position and locks the crank-axle, preventing its rotation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In a bicycle-locking device in which the bicycle is locked byinipingement of a locking-piece against the crank-axle, aconnecting-bolt 5 in the tube 15; a lock attached to said tube by screwsentered from the inside of the tube; orifices in said tube for thepassage and insertion oi the screws; a sliding frame within the tubeconnected by intervening mechanism to the bolt of the lock and adaptedto close said orifices when moved downward, and to open them when movedupward by the bolt of the lock.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

, IVILLIAM REEHLING.

Witnesses:

THEO. HAne-nr, H. G. HARTMAN.

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